The Brazilian government efforts to support electronic recycling facilities to comply with environmental sound practices

Lima, Arthur Braga; Rocha, Tiago Barreto; Pimentel, Marcos; Feichas, Luiz

doi:10.1109/egg.2016.7829837

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“…On the social impact side, the long-term impacts on health (Mihai, 2020) and working conditions (Lima et al, 2016) of the informal recyclers are the key issue. According to (Marke et al, 2020), an easy way to solve both issues is through improving regulations on the topic.…”

Section: Weee Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preparing for future e-waste from photovoltaic modules: a circular economy approach

Hidalgo-Carvajal

Carrasco‐Gallego

2022

Int. J. Prod. Manag. Eng.

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The increasing adoption rate of photovoltaic power generation shows that renewable energies have a bright future. Yet, this could be overshadowed by the unintended consequence of increased generation of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) at the installations’ End-of-Life (EoL) stage. As countries find themselves dealing with the increasing WEEE issue, they may adopt different practices which, if wrongly implemented, could potentially backfire, creating additional issues especially among vulnerable social groups. This work proposes improving the WEEE management system by including the Informal Recyclers in the equation, benefitting social groups and material recovery through by delivering materials along different streams in the closed-loop supply chain. The proposed model intends to support the circular economy approach on waste management systems.

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Section: Weee Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%